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Medical, Political and Economic action in the face of the Pandemic

Medical, Political and Economic action in the face of the Pandemic. Group RDM

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Italy

he outbreak was confirmed to have spread to Italy

on 31 January, when two Chinese tourists tested positive

for SARS CoV2 in Rome. Cases began to rise

sharply, which prompted the Italian government to

suspend all flights to and from China and declare a

state of emergency. An unassociated cluster of CO-

VID-19 cases was later detected, starting with 16 confirmed

cases in Lombardy on 21 February.

On 22 February, the Council of Ministers announced a

new decree-law to contain the outbreak, including

quarantining more than 50,000 people from eleven different

municipalities in northern Italy. Prime Minister

Giuseppe Conte said, "In the outbreak areas, entry

and exit will not be provided. Suspension of work activities

and sports events has already been ordered in

those areas

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